Screams of War by Akram Alkatreb and translated by Jonas Elbousty

This is poetry from Syrian Arab Republic.

Screams of War by Akram Alkatreb translated by Jonas Elbousty is published by Seagull Books. This is a Book originally written in Arabic. This was published in 2024.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781803093505E12.

Screams of War, by Akram Alkatreb, is a Arabic poetry collection from Syrian Arab Republic, translated by Jonas Elbousty, published by Seagull Books in 2024. It is a Syrian collection that names war without decorum, asking lyric speech to stand close to terror rather than making it manageable. The useful first posture is patience, not mastery. A poem can move before it explains itself, and this book seems best met through image, rhythm, and the emotional pressure of its address. For a translated poetry shelf, that kind of encounter is the whole point: another language making a new shape inside English.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.